Weeding machine



April 24, 192s.

J. -A. RUZALSKI WEEDING MACHINE Filed June 2l, 1926 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 FVG-2 April 24, 1928.

J. A. RU ZALSKI WEEDING MACHINE Filed June 21. 1926 2 Sheets-Sheei 2 I//\/ VEN Top a am @my ATTY.

Patented pr. 24, ,19228.

JOSEPH .ANTONA RUZALSKI, OF

BLAQKIE, ALBERTA, CANADA.

WnnnnaerV MACHINE.

Application tiled June 21,

The invention relates to a weeding machine, as described in the present specification and illustrated in thev accompanying drawings that form part of the same..

The invention consists essentially of theA novel features of construction pointed out broadly and specifically in the4 claim lfor iioveltyfollowing a description containing an explanation in detail of an acceptable form of the invention.

The objects of the invention are to facilitate the removal of weeds from fields, utilized in the cultivation of various plants; to minimize the number of parts' in such devices; to insure the passage of stones and like obstructions through the digging members and therebyavoid choking; to efectually uproot the weeds and land them 0n the surface` of the ground; toeliminate much of the cost of maintenance in such machines by the avoidance of requentrepairs necessary in' more complicated mechanisms; and gener ally to providea simple, durable, and etlicient `machine for the aforesaid purposes, economical in regard t0 its cost and serviceable in regard to use.

In the drawings, Figure l is a plan View of the frame and weeding blades broken away.

Figure 2 isa cross'sectional view on the line 2-2 in Figure l.

Figure 3 is a cross vsectional view` of the seat. y Y

Figure 4 is a sectional detail of a blade. y Figure 5 is a perspective detail oit' a blade.

Figure 6 is a cross sectional view onthe line (5*6 in Figure 5.

Figure 7 is a cross sectional view onthe line 7 7 in Figure 5. y y

Figure 8 is a cross sectional viewon the. line S--Sin Figure 5. Like numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in the various figures.' y

Referring to the drawings, the frame l is formed of a heavy transverse beam or beams and to the bottom of this frame the shanks of the blades 2 are bolts 20. Y

The twist 2,1 in the bars forming the blades 2 divides the bla-des 2 and Shanks 22, and forms a spiral knife blade with@ recessed rigidly secured by thel A In a weeding machine, a plurality of 192.6. Serial No. 117,375.

back 25' producing the shedding surfaces 26 and 27 that will insurelthe Vclearing of the blade face from accumulations of earth, as the blade at the twist functions to some eX- tent as a suction cup for drawing the earth from the front to the rear.

The blades 2 forone half of the frame eX- tend outwardly therefrom in an -oblique direction in relation thereto and for the other half the blades extend in an oppositedired tion outwardly from the centre. The blades 2 are inclined downwardly and are parallel while the shanks 22 are parallel on the frame l, therefore each digging knife with its shank forms an angle bar in which the surface of the sections respectively are at variance-iii regard to their planes.

The riding platform 5 extends rearwardly from the frame l and is supported on the beams 5() secured by the bolts 30 to the frame l and on this platform the seat or saddle 7 is mounted being supported by the brackets 6.

The frontof the frame l is bound by the `metal strap 8 and the draw bars l'eirtend from the eye-plate 3 secured by the bolts 30 to the said frame 1. Y

It will be noticed-.that the blades 2 yat the twist 2l have also a cutting edge, therefore as it is drawn at a good speed through the earth the backward curve towards the edges materially' assists in creating the suction hereinbet'ore mentioned to draw the earth away from the front of the bend.

rl`he machine is here shown as hauled by meansv of theA diaw bars 4 but it willreadily f ployed.

. In the use of this implement the frame 1 knives, each knife having a comparatively narrow shank vbroadening into'a bend forming the beginning of the blade and inrcross -be understood that other means may be emf section shaped to taper from a thick rounded sharpness and reversing across the centrall back to a cutting edge, said bend forming portion of the bend and forming thereacross a twist in the metal from which the continuand thereunder a recessed surface merging 10 ation of the blade extends at an obtuse angie into a fiat though tapered extension form to said shank, said twistiransverseiy euri/2 ingl the inain Cutting" portion.

ing from the 'rounded hack to the cutting d edge7 -this curve gradually decreasing in Y JOSEPH ANTON RUZALSKI. 

